US Patent Issued to Hanwha Ocean on May 13 for "System for supplying VOC as fuel for engine and vessel using VOC as fuel" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,786, issued on May 13, was assigned to Hanwha Ocean Co. Ltd. (Geoje-si, South Korea).

"System for supplying VOC as fuel for engine and vessel using VOC as fuel" was invented by Jong Hyun Kim (Geoje-si, South Korea) and Young Ho Bae (Geoje-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A VOC fuel supply system and method for supplying volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as fuel of an engine and a vessel using VOCs as fuel. The VOC fuel supply system includes: an engine operable in a gas fuel mode using a gas as fuel; a VOC supply unit supplying VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) as fuel to the engine; a fuel supply line connecting the VO...